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Originally Posted by ikaris
This is essentially a precursor to remove the profitability of insurance companies that try to screw over people that are trying to get better.
By having the military veterans use the pathetic private health insurance system, it will further expose the ridiculousness of having a health care system that is based on profit.
As people get outraged, Obama could suggest that we should have a single payer, universal health care. Problem solved.
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I really think this is the avenue he's going down.
"Vets can't afford their healthcare premiums!"
"Vets aren't being reimbursed for their treatments because they were preexisting conditions!"
"Everyone is paying higher premiums because of the price of treating Veterans!"
Obama: "I have a suggestion, how about universal single payer healthcare, hmm?"
Personally, I have nothing against a single payer system, as long as it can be shown to be effective with the large population in the U.S. The only experience I had with a similar system was in the Marine Corps. It was nice not to expect a bill in the mail, but the level of care was not as high in my mind.
I'd be concerned about the red tape you'd have to cut through to see a doctor of your choice, or for a non-emergency. I imagine on a smaller scale, my Canadian brethren could relate and possibly educate me.
All I know is that if I had to have my family under my wife's insurance plan, the $580 a month premium would be a tough pill to swallow. I'm fortunate to have the lower premium of being in a large pool of workers to defelct some of the cost of insurance.